Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Erich Grienke (1911-1941)
Personal data Erich Grienke
Source 1Source 2- He was born on February 4, 1911.Source 2
- He died on October 22, 1941, he was 30 years old.Source 2
- A child of Paul George Herman Grienke and Anna Hildegonda HOFMEYR
- This information was last updated on August 22, 2010.
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Birthday February 4, 1911
- The temperature on February 4, 1911 was between -4.1 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
- June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
- August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
- September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
- September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
- November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of death October 22, 1941
- The temperature on October 22, 1941 was between 1.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
- April 1 » Fântâna Albă massacre: Between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
- June 8 » World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
- November 12 » World War II: The Soviet cruiserChervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
- December 1 » World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol.
- December 20 » World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.
- December 24 » World War II: Benghazi is conquered by the British Eighth Army.
Same birth/death day
- 1908 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic († 1937)
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- 1912 » Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian banker and politician, Norwegian Minister of Industry († 1999)
- 1913 » Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist († 2005)
- 1914 » Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author and publisher († 1980)
- 1928 » Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
- 1934 » Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
- 1935 » Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1854)
- 1935 » Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (b. 1847)
- 1941 » Guy Môquet, French militant (b. 1924)
- 1952 » Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. 1874)
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Gert Esterhuizen, "Family tree Eric Esterhuizen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-eric-esterhuizen/I11660.php : accessed February 24, 2026), "Erich Grienke (1911-1941)".